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Life lessons for Commerce graduands
GetSmarter co-founder Sam Paddock shared his tips for winning at life with UCT’s Faculty of Commerce graduands at their graduation ceremony on Monday, 15 April.
16 Apr 2019
Unlikely trio excels in CEO challenge
The trio might not be the obvious team to take on a global corporate contest, but they did UCT proud, excelling at the P&G CEO Challenge.
16 Apr 2019
SATVI wins Social Responsiveness Award
Tuberculosis research and prevention group SATVI was named the winner of UCT’s 2018 Social Responsiveness Award in recognition of its work in Cape Winelands communities.
16 Apr 2019
Celebrating UCT’s 70 PhD graduates
Research by UCTʼs doctoral candidates has contributed to the “global knowledge bank” and is keeping Africa’s light shining bright, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng.
16 Apr 2019
Common contraceptive could raise TB risk
A breakthrough study at UCT has revealed that one of the country’s most commonly used injectable contraceptives could potentially increase users’ risk of contracting tuberculosis.
15 Apr 2019
‘Do something worthwhile’
UCTʼs Engineering graduands were advised, celebrated and kept in stitches at Saturday afternoon’s graduation, while an honorary doctorate in engineering was conferred on Professor David Roger Jones Owen.
15 Apr 2019
‘Your toil won’t be easy’
Nkazi Sokhulu, co-founder of FNB Life and founder of digital insurer Yalu, shared three important lessons with Commerce graduands on Saturday morning.
15 Apr 2019
‘Chart your own path to success’
UCT alumnus and acclaimed African entrepreneur Rapelang Rabana has urged graduands to tap into their internal wisdom and chart their own, unique path to success.
15 Apr 2019
UCT alumnus, technology, part of black hole ‘discovery’
Alumnus Roger Deane is part of the international team that unveiled the first image of a black hole, also partly thanks to remote sensing technology developed at UCT.
12 Apr 2019
Fourth UCT degree for EMS director
Medeé Rall, director of the Centre for Extra-Mural Studies at UCT, collects her fourth degree from the institution today – her PhD in education.
12 Apr 2019
‘Life’s roadblocks are opportunities’
Life’s roadblocks are not setbacks but crucial learning opportunities, guest speaker Judy Sikuza told Humanities graduands at the first of 14 ceremonies in UCT’s autumn graduation.
11 Apr 2019
Baxter to host triple Pulitzer Prize winner’s play
Triple Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee’s play The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, on at the Baxter from 24 April, features a stellar cast.
11 Apr 2019
Opportunity alone does nothing – Phakeng
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has urged UCT’s new Mellon Mays fellows to make the most of the opportunity that the fellowship programme offers.
11 Apr 2019
My family and other animals
On her recent birthday, alumnus Dr Roberta Griffiths received an unusual gift: a framed photograph of a sea shrimp named in her honour.
10 Apr 2019
Data science to support cyclone relief efforts
UCT eResearch is partnering with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and Missing Maps to support the disaster response operations following Cyclone Idai, via remote mapping.
10 Apr 2019
‘Don’t allow your circumstances to define you’
Psychology graduand Minkateko Ndlovu (21) says she has emerged successful from three “tough” years at university because she decided not to allow her challenges to define her.
10 Apr 2019
‘I am somebody because of UCT’
With help from colleagues and classmates, graduand Mteteleli Jobela has beaten the odds and will be capped in the Sarah Baartman Hall tomorrow.
10 Apr 2019
International poverty study’s lessons for SA
UCT Department of Psychology academics collaborated on an international poverty study that has key lessons for South Africa.
09 Apr 2019
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